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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNTWIST', v.t.
1. To separate and open, as threads twisted; or to turn back that which is twisted.
2. To open; to disentangle; as intricacy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to become untwisted [ant: distort, twine, twist]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 1538 transitive verb to separate the twisted parts of ; untwine intransitive verb to become untwined

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. open from a twisted or spiralled state.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Untwist Un*twist", v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.] 1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. --Wallis. 2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. --Milton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Disentangle, ravel, unravel.

Moby Thesaurus

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